Homemade Chinese Spring Rolls: Recipes with Photos

Homemade Chinese Spring Rolls: Recipes with Photos

By Hongyang

Copyright@ 2011 by Hongyang (Canada)

版权所有@ 红洋（加拿大）–  2011

About the Author

Hongyang 红洋 was born in China, had achieved Bachelor degree from China and Magister degree from Germany. She had worked as a TV reporter for German and Canadian TV stations. She lives in Toronto, Canada and besides her full time job in the Telecommunication Industry writing has become one of her favourite hobbies since 2005.

红洋出生于中国，获得中国学士学位和德国Magister学位。她曾担任过德国和加拿大电视台记者。她现居加拿大多伦多，任职于电信公司，自2005年起写作成为她的业余爱好之一。

Ebook Description

This photo cookbook contains 6 Chinese recipes for making fried spring rolls and unfried fresh spring rolls. There are 73 photos showing individual steps and making it very easy to follow.  There is an extra chapter with 30 frequently asked questions and answers on key points of making spring rolls, and also photos are provided for being clear at a glance.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Frequently asked questions and answers about making Chinese Spring Rolls

Chapter 2: Fried Meat Spring Rolls (Chicken, Ham, Bean Sprout, Bamboo Shoot)

Chapter 3: Fried Seafood Spring Rolls (Smoked Salmon, Tuna, Bean Sprout, Bamboo Shoot, Carrot)

Chapter 4: Fried Vegetarian Spring Rolls (Bean Sprout, Bamboo Shoot, Carrot, Cabbage)

Chapter 5: Unfried Fresh Spring Rolls with Seafood (Shrimp, Crab, Cucumber, Bean Sprout)

Chapter 6: Unfried Fresh Spring Rolls with Meat (Chicken, Ham, Cucumber, Bean Sprout)

Chapter 7: Unfried Fresh Vegetarian Spring Rolls (Cucumber, Bean Sprout, Bamboo Shoot, Carrot)

Chapter 1: Frequently asked questions and answers about making Chinese Spring Rolls

Q1. What is the Chinese Spring Roll?

A spring roll is a traditional Chinese snack, made with a thin dough sheet with fillings rolled inside and deep fried in oil. The Spring Roll has a long history of over a thousand years. Spring Rolls are especially popular during the Chinese New Year, also called the Spring Festival. The filling can be meat or vegetarian.

Q2: Is it complicated to make Chinese Spring Rolls at home?

No. It is also a good idea to bring them to a potluck party.

Q3: How many types of Chinese spring rolls are there?

Spring Rolls are now the most commonly used term for fried and unfried rolls, both being equally delicious and scrumptious. The fried spring rolls are popular in China, the non-fried fresh spring rolls originally came from Vietnam but in some places of southern China they are popular too. 

Q4: When I make unfried fresh Spring Rolls, what type of wrapper should I use?

You should use a dry rice wrapper it’s called Rice Paper for making a fresh Spring Roll.

Q5. Where can I find the Rice Paper?

You can find them in a grocery store or in an Asia grocery store.

Q6. How does a Rice Paper bag look like?

This is one of the bags for your reference.

Q7. How does a dry Rice Paper look like?

Q8: How to use the dry Rice Paper to make a fresh Spring Roll?

Fill a large bowl with warm water in about 50 degrees Celsius. Soak one wrapper into the warm water for seconds to soften. After the rice paper becomes wet and soft, you are ready to place filling on it.

Q9: When I make fried crispy Spring Rolls, what type of wrapper should I use?

You should use the Chinese fresh Spring Roll wrappers in that they are made of wheat and not rice. They are sold frozen.

Q10. Where can I find the frozen Spring Roll wrappers?

Look for fresh wrappers in Asian markets and many supermarkets. They store in the refrigerator or freezer.

Q11. How does a frozen Spring Roll bag look like?

This is one of the bags for your reference.

Q12. How does a frozen Spring Roll wrapper look like?